Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-03-25
LOCAL NEWS,

Col. a. :. Tracy will give My Recol-
l%ections of the Battle of Cedar Creek"
on the evening of the Both inst. at G.. A.
Il. hall.
The sale of the machinery, ETC., at the
old cotton mill will take place tomorrow.
the 2Gth, instead of the 18th, as hereto
fore stated.
Mr.. Oliver Severance has sold his
stallion Flying Motion, coming two-years-
old, to Mr.. A.. Il. Hallet of Spencer.
Mass, for a large price.
A petition asking the restoration of G..
n. Dickinson to the position of night
Waterman is in the hands of the trustees
for their consideration.
Mr.. James Haley's COW died the other
day, but it took Mr.. c.. n. Ayers only
two hours to raise by subscription $40
with which to buy him another.
If the Whiting subscriber who wants
his address changed to F%orestdale will
drop us another postal card, and sign it,
We shall be happy to comply with his re-
quest.
The price of butter is a little higher
than last week. Twenty-four cents was
paid for a first-class article. Monday. and
a few tubs of extra quality went at
slightly better figures.
Rev. DIR. White of Boston. whom Rev.
Mr.. Speare secured to attend to the pas
toral work of the Congregational church
during his absence in California, began
his ministration last Sunday. He is an
interesting speaker.
y. horse owned and driven by Meddie
Bissette ran away on Sunday and brought
up on the piazza of Mr.. j. /. Buttolph's
residence. The damage done was small.
including the breaking of a pane of glass
in the front door and the cross-bar of the
sleigh.
We understand that a number of our
business men who purchased a large sup
ply of ink. Il few weeks since. would be
perfectly willing to contribute "A quantity
of the fluid sufficient to convince the seller
that if poured over his head it would
''flow easily.
Assistant Postmaster Burke is still
confined to the house by illness. 1t was
at first hoped that he would be incapaci,
tated for duty only a day or two, but his
sickness proved more severe than his
friends anticipated it would be. He i:
gaining, however.
The annual meeting of the graded
school district is warned for two O'Clock
next Tuesday afternoon at school-houst
hall. The officers of the district viii
meet at the office of the clerk. Mr.. ii. l.
Sheldon, tomorrow Saturday evening
at seven o'clock.
The locomotive K%illington, attached t.
; the morning freight south, gave GU
here Tuesday. The train was backing
from the passenger to the freight depot
when one of the crank-pins broke squar,
off, disabling the machine. An engine
was sent up from Rutland to take tn,
e train in.
Mrs Sophronia (Nimblet) Foot, wifi,
=. Of NJ. Calvin w. Foot, died at the HON,
: ofthe family in this village on Saturda,
morning. Her age was 76 years. Thu
a funeral was attended from the house at
p. M, Monday, and was largely attend
Ned. Rev. Mr.. Palmer, pastor of tn
Baptist church, oficiated.
n James Sullivan had the misfortune +
slip on the icy sidewalk last week Thurs
day night and break his left arm near tn
c shoulder. lie is getting along very com
\ fortably considering his age. Mr.. Sulli
y van is a veteran of the Mexican war an
of the rebellion, and will be well care
u for by the Grand Army post SO long a
+ he needs their help.
Last fall Mrs. F. W. Pierce. wife of tn
proprietor of the Pierce House, misse
about $40 from a drawer in her bureau
v and on Saturday last a like sum disaI
peared from the same place. Suspicio
IS fell upon Herman, the colored nal en-
T. ployed about the house, and he was arrel
ted and placed in Jail. 1t was soon shown
however, that he could not be the THE,
and he was released. No clue to til
taker of the funds has yet been obtained
The Undergraduate association of til
college now holds its annual election i
the winter instead of at the beginning {
he the year. The annual meeting was hel
h, on Saturday and resulted in the choice {
{ these officers: President, Coolidge, SIS
- vice president, Cliff, IS; secretary, Co
Inns, SO; editor-in-chief, Brown, IS